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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Mark Dobson

Ibrahima Konaté poised to leave Liverpool after failing to agree new contract

Ibrahima Konaté in action for Liverpool against Brentford at Anfield last Sunday
Ibrahima Konaté is out of contract next month and is free to leave Liverpool. Photograph: Gaspafotos/MB Media/Getty Images

Ibrahima Konaté looks set to leave Liverpool after failing to agree a contract extension. The 27-year-old’s representatives have been in extensive talks with the club about extending his five-year stay at Anfield but it now looks certain that the France defender will leave for free.

If Konaté walks away from Liverpool out of contract, it will be the second consecutive year – after Trent Alexander-Arnold ran down his deal before a £10m move to Real Madrid – that the club will have lost one of their first-choice defenders without receiving a significant fee.

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